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Show Death Claims ApostleOt Apostle ApostleIOf Apostlei ApostleOIL i IOf OIL LDS D S Church at 86 Rudder Rud.ger Rudger . Clawson 10 86 88 president of ofthe ofr ofthe r the he council COWlCU of twelv twelve apostJes apostles apo Ue of ofthe ofthe otthe the Church of Jesus Chrit Christ * of Latter Lat- Lat Latter Lat Latter - ter day Salnta Salnts Saints and ranldng ranking r nldn sec- sec second second c-ond c ond - - ond only to Heber J Grant Grantchurch Grantchurch Orintchurch church president In hlx his position petitionof positionof of leadership leadershlp died Monday at t 3 S 9 40 40p 40p 40p p m at his home In Skit Salt Lake Lakecloslng Lakeclosing Lakeclosint closlng closing virtually a llfetlnr llfet1me lifetime of ofchurch ofchurch ofchurch church and community communlty serviceMr serviceMr aervice service aerviceMr Mr Clawson had been at his hisdesk hiadesk . desk at the church office buUdlng building buUdln 47 Baft East Itlast South Temple afreet street al almost almost almoct most dally until June 11 He comp complalned complamed complamed lalned lamed of Illness the mon momlir morning ng of o1 ofJune o1June ofJune June 12 and had been confined to tohis tohis tohis his bed at hia his home 51 In Canyon Canyonroad Canyonroad Canyonroad road aince since that timeA time timeA A member of the council councU of oftwelve oftwelve twelve apostles sinew slnce shoe October 10 _ _ 119t 1898 he previously had served as asoresident asoresident aaoresident oresident of o1 Box Elder stake dur durIn during durinf In ing ? which p < > period riod he directed rebuilding re rebuilding rebulldlnr building of the Brigham Brl ham City tab- tab tabnacle tabCsrnaele tab tabernacle - - ernacle Csrnaele nacle which was completed paid paidfor paidfor paidfor for and dedicated 13 months alter after alterthe afterthe afterthe the old building buildlng had been destroy destroy- destroyed destroyed destroyed - ed by fire fireFaced fireFaced fireFace Faced * A Anmd Armed Mob MobAs AI b bAs As a yount young man Mr Clawson Clawsonattracted Clawsonattracted Clawsonattracted attracted wide attention for h1s his h1scourage hiscourage hiacouraic courage while a missionary m1ss1onary In thesouthern the thesouthern ttrsouthern southern states Many : elements elementsat elementat * at that time were bitterly h06We hostile h06Wetoward hostiletoward hoatlletoward toward the MormonsHis Mormons . . His missionary mlsslonary companion . , , Jo- Jo Joseph Joseph Jo Joseph - seph Standlni Standing was murdered by byan byan byan an armed mob yet younc young Mr MrClawson MrClawson MrClawson I MrI Clawson stood beside the body bodyI bodylooked bodylooked bodylooked looked Into the muzzles of many manyguns manyguns manyS\ins manyS ins I guns \ pointed at his h1s breast IlI'd IlId and IlI'dbade andbade ' ardbade bade the men shoot So lmpres imps-es imps es lmpressed impsessod Impressed - sed sod were the mobsters mobster.J mobsterJ . they left the theyoung theyoung theyoung young churchman with his hJs dead deadcompanion deadcompanion deadcompanion companion Mr Clawon Clawson brought broughtthe broughtthe broughtthe the body back to Salt Bait LakeBorn LakeBom Lake LakeBom Bom Born March March 12 1857 l 57 In m Salt SaltLake Sa tLake : Lake City son of Hiram B Claw Clawson Clawson , son associate assoclate of both J06eph Joseph JosephSmith JcxephSmith I ISmith Smith and Brigham Brl < ham Young ; and andwho andwho andwho who superintended bulldinx buUdtng building of and andlatRr andlater andlater latRr later manafed managed the old Salt Lake Lakethea Laketheatre Laketheatre thea theatre tre |